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1、TheDuchessandtheJewellerVirginiaWoolfAdelineVirginiaWoolf(25January1882–28March1941)ShewasanEnglishauthor,essayist(评论家）,andwriterofshortstories,regardedasoneoftheforemostmodernistliteraryfiguresofthetwentiethcentury.Duringtheinterwarperiod,WoolfwasasignificantfigureinLondonliterarysociet
2、yandamemberoftheBloomsburyGroup.(一个英国艺术家和学者的团体)Hermostfamousworksincludethenovels《MrsDalloway》(1925),《TotheLighthouse》(1927)and《Orlando》(1928),Thebook-lengthessay《ARoomofOne'sOwn》(1929),withitsfamousdictum："Awomanmusthavemoneyandaroomofherownifsheistowritefiction."TheplotTheheroofthisnov
3、elisawealthyjewellerinLondon,whonamedOliverBacon.Atfirst,thenarratoruseagreatdealofwordstodescribeBacon'slife,whichisluxurious.ThenthroughBacon'smentalactivity,weknowthathegrewupinapoor neighborhoodandcamefromapoorfamily.TheplotNowhelivesinabigflat,thereisamanservantserveforhim,hecouldbu
4、yeverythinghewants,buthealwaysrecollecthispoorchildhood,thoserecollectionmakeshimunconfident,evenifheiswealthynow.SohedoesbusinesseswiththeduchessofLambourne.whentheduchessshowshimthetenpeals,hewantstotestit,buttheduchesspreventshim,hefinallygivesinbecauseofDiana,aswellasbecauseofthetemp
5、tingstatus.ThemeThisnovelisbasicallytosatirethesociety,inthatsociety,ifyouarethenoblestlord,youwillbehonoured.Butifyouarejustanordinarypeople,evenifyouarewealthy,youarestillanordinarypeople.Snobbish:whenheentershisoffice,hejustwaggleshisonefingeroftheamber-colouredglove;Greedy:hisnose,wh
6、ichislongandflexible,seemedtosaybyitscuriousquiveratthenostrilsthatheisnotsatisfiedyet;Ambitious:hewantstobecomeanutterclassperson;Fullofvanity:heasktheDuchesstowaitfortenminutes;PersonalityofMr.BaconMyfeelingInmypointofview,thoughOliverBaconisagreedy,ambitiousandsnobbishman,justbecauseh
7、eissoattractedbythewealthandsocialstatus;however,heisalsosmartandquick—minded,hestruggledtohiscareer,andfinally,ownedhisownstore,moreover,hisstorebecamefamousintheworldjewelrymarket.Ithinkit'sgreat,heisveryintelligent.RankinBritainRoyalDuke大公Duke公爵Duchess公爵夫人Marquis侯爵Marc
